esotericism
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esotericism
noun esotericisms
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The tendency to promote or desire the esoteric.
Derridean "messianicity without messianism" that marks so much of post-modernist educational theorizing today, and that makes use of esotericism, sigetics, acroamatics, proleptics, and illocutionary and perlocutionary acts in the disguise of a new pedagogy of the unknowable, wasn't the answer ten ye
Opposite: exotericism
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Doctrines or practices of esoteric knowledge.
Near-synonym: woo woo
Similar: woo woo
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Talk about this word "esotericism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/esotericism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. esotericism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/esotericism "esotericism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/esotericism.Cite this
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title = {esotericism},
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year = {2026},
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